Darkish Chocolate Fondue Recipe

I don’t have a lot of a candy tooth, however when the children ask for a dessert, I need to be certain it’s a wholesome model. Darkish chocolate fondue is straightforward to make and it’s enjoyable to dip contemporary fruit and even do-it-yourself marshmallows in. As a result of it’s quick to drag collectively, we will have a scrumptious deal with in about 10 minutes!

What’s Fondue?

Fondue comes from the French phrase fondre, which suggests to soften. Historically it’s made with quite a lot of melted cheeses to make a cheese fondue. Extra not too long ago the recipe has been tailored to make use of melted chocolate for a scrumptious dessert choice. It’s usually made with milk chocolate, semisweet chocolate chips, and even white chocolate and is thinned with heavy cream.

This model is decrease sugar and dairy elective because it makes use of darkish chocolate and coconut oil. And you’ll add a bit peanut butter, or peppermint extract as a substitute of the vanilla if most well-liked.

The right way to Make Chocolate Fondue

First, you need to begin with high quality chocolate to make your chocolate fondue. Excessive-quality chocolate bars style so a lot better than a budget stuff, and so they’re usually more healthy. The most effective chocolate will likely be one thing that’s at the least 72% cocoa and natural. When you can’t discover darkish chocolate you would combine some bittersweet chocolate with a sweeter one.

It’s additionally essential to warmth the chocolate slowly, or it would begin to seize and burn. If in case you have an electrical fondue pot that works nice, however it may be onerous to discover a non-toxic one. A few of them are chrome steel, however they nonetheless have a non-stick coating on the within.

I transferred the new chocolate fondue to my small crockpot and saved it on heat for dipping. It’s also possible to use a serving bowl and reheat as wanted.